diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index 7de01dd79688..cdd8d4946dba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 --count-filter=<count>::
 	Only display functions with more events than this.
 
--g::
 --group::
         Put the counters into a counter group.
 
@@ -143,12 +142,12 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 --asm-raw::
 	Show raw instruction encoding of assembly instructions.
 
--G::
+-g::
 	Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
 
 --call-graph::
 	Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording,
-	implies -G.
+	implies -g.
 
 --max-stack::
 	Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 71e6402729a8..531522d3d97b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			    "dump the symbol table used for profiling"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('f', "count-filter", &top.count_filter,
 		    "only display functions with more events than this"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "group", &opts->group,
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &opts->group,
 			    "put the counters into a counter group"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "no-inherit", &opts->no_inherit,
 		    "child tasks do not inherit counters"),
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		   " abort, in_tx, transaction"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "show-nr-samples", &symbol_conf.show_nr_samples,
 		    "Show a column with the number of samples"),
-	OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('G', NULL, &top.record_opts,
+	OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('g', NULL, &top.record_opts,
 			   NULL, "enables call-graph recording",
 			   &callchain_opt),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "call-graph", &top.record_opts,